Interesting. So you would have one person with 3 business entities; one for the “mode of production” (technology assets), one for the “means of production” (revenue and monetary assets), and one for the “relations of production” (customer facing presence). Having studied a little bit of Karl Marx in school, I just can’t help but recognize the congruencies between your solution and his theory of Modes, Means, and Relations of Production. It’s quite profound in the context of high-tech modes and patents as an override for securing them. The “modes” are one of the hardest to grasp. He asserted they are the exterior elements like lifestyles, infrastructure, and processes that capitalism would depend on but not account for, and conveniently replace at will, at an accelerating rate. Orthogonality certainly sounds like the way to go if you can manage it.

Anyhow, sorry I don’t have the legal info you’re after. I wishe you luck.